Decorated article



A. N. EPSTEIN.

DECOR/mn ARTICLE.

APPLICATION FILED JAN2I| 1920- 1,20'7,461 Patented Feb. 21, 1922.

,4 TTORA/EVS sra'ius PATENT @FFME ABRA-IAM N. EPSTEIN, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO CONRAD MARX, 0F BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

DECORATED ARTICLE.

Speeicationof Letters Patent. lllmtentgd Fgb, 21, 11922,

Application filed January 21, 1920. Serial` No. 352,991.

T o all whom it may cfm-cern: Be it known that I, ABRAHAM N. EPsTEIN,

al citizen of the United States, and a resident.

Another object is to permit of producing a surface ornamentation which is not affected by changes in temperature or by moisture, and hence is not liable topeel off, crack or become otherwise injured.

Another object is to provide a surface decoration Without resorting to firing or similar fixing processes. With these and other objects in view, the invention consists of certain novel features of construction as hereinafter shown and described and then specifically pointed out in the claim.

A practical embodiment of the invention is represented in the accompanying drawings forming a part of this specification, in which similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the views.

Figure 1 is an enlarged plan view of the foundation work of the ornamented surfac of the article to be ornamented;

Figure 2 is a sectional side elevation of the same on the line 22 of Figure l;

Figure 3fis a similar view of the same with the color applied to the engraved portion of the ornamented surface;

Figure 4 is a similar view of the finished article; and

Figure 5 is a reduced plan view of the same.

The bodyv 1() of the article to be ornamented may be of wood, metal, marble, vitric, ceramic, fibrous or other material, or may be a textile fabric and given a configuration either flat or curved according to the shape of the article. 0n the surface of the body 10 is applied a coating 11, preferably of a Celluloid solution, which may be colorless or colored with a suitable pigment, and

to this coating is applied a layer 12 of a thinningsolution to render the coating soft, and this softened coating is provided with a predetermined design 13, preferably by engravingtlie coating or by producing a decalcomania picture thereonin thev usual manner. The engraved design 13 may be colored as indicated by the reference numeral 14, and on the coating are placed glass beads, glass crystals, transparent or translucent sand or similar diaphanous bodies 15, arranged one alongside the other to form a layer of such bodies, and which are pressed partly into the softened coating to overlie the design which is thereby retracted through the colorless beads or similar diaplianous bodies l5. After the bodies 15 are applied, a coating 16 of a celluloid -or glass solution is placed over the outer faces of the glass beads or diaphanous bodies 15 to bind the same securely in position and to protect the same against the influence of heat or moisture and prevent the coating 11 from peeling off the body l0.

It is understood that the celluloid solutions used are transparent and are not affected by changes in the temperature of the surrounding atmosphere or by moisture and hence long life of the decorated article is insured. l

It is also understood that the surface ornamentation described provided a highly ornamental effect and can be readily used for decorating vaiious articles such as clocks, Candlesticks, stands for floor and table lamps, picture frames, frames for bags, etc.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent The method herein described of decorating articles, consisting in applying a coating of a Celluloid solution to the article, applying a layer of a thinning solution to the celhiloid coating to soften the latter, producing a design in the softened celluloid coating, coloring the design, applying colorless glass beads to the design to lie in contact with each other and to extend partly into the said softened celluloid coating, and then applying to the glass beads a coating of a transparent solution, which is not affected by temperature or moisture, to hold them vif) hosition.

ABRAHAM N,- EPSTEIN. 

